Talus structure and evolution on sandstone mountains in NW Scotland

Holocene

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-486

  Hinchliffe, Simon ^a   Ballantyne, Colin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Debris flow; Holocene; Paraglacial; Rockfall; Sandstone mountains; Scotland.; Slopewash; Talus

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DEBRIS FLOW; HOLOCENE; MOUNTAIN REGION; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCKFALL; SANDSTONE; SLOPE; STRATIGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 67749124344     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683608101396     Document Type: Article

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